Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lanell*

#3,888 most common girls' name of all time · #6,639 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1914–2022 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#3,888
Rank overall
#6,639 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
2,478
Since 2016
11
Peak year
1971 #1,843
Best rank
#1,037 1939
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lanell first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2022 6 6 #13,716
2017 5 5
2015 5 5 #16,604
2013 7 7
2012 5 5
2010 5 6 11 #17,154
2009 7 5 12 #13,809
2008 7 7 14 #13,941
2007 5 7 12 #17,801
2006 7 7
2005 8 8 16 #11,925
2004 5 10 15 #16,275
2003 9 6 15 #10,497
2001 11 11
2000 7 7
1999 9 5 14 #9,566
1998 6 6 #12,544
1996 9 5 14 #8,907
1995 6 7 13 #11,911
1994 6 8 14 #11,910
1993 7 9 16 #10,701
1992 12 5 17 #7,124
1991 10 7 17 #8,078
1990 8 11 19 #9,354
1989 7 5 12 #9,799
1988 13 10 23 #5,953
1987 16 7 23 #4,913
1986 14 5 19 #5,238
1985 19 5 24 #4,161
1984 9 9 #6,914
1983 10 10 #6,301
1982 14 6 20 #4,993
1981 13 10 23 #5,318
1980 16 10 26 #4,565
1979 15 8 23 #4,665
1978 18 7 25 #3,961
1977 15 12 27 #4,477
1976 15 8 23 #4,204
1975 22 16 38 #3,187
1974 20 9 29 #3,339
1973 23 8 31 #2,947
1972 42 9 51 #1,960
1971 48 6 54 #1,843
1970 30 7 37 #2,479
1969 29 5 34 #2,419
1968 22 6 28 #2,733
1967 25 8 33 #2,451
1966 29 5 34 #2,215
1965 28 28 #2,265
1964 30 5 35 #2,220
1963 34 34 #2,041
1962 32 6 38 #2,086
1961 36 36 #1,940
1960 37 7 44 #1,875
1959 23 23 #2,424
1958 30 5 35 #2,048
1957 52 52 #1,481
1956 32 32 #1,915
1955 39 39 #1,654
1954 41 41 #1,597
1953 47 5 52 #1,433
1952 35 6 41 #1,659
1951 36 36 #1,599
1950 36 36 #1,564
1949 29 29 #1,791
1948 44 44 #1,400
1947 38 38 #1,538
1946 42 42 #1,355
1945 31 31 #1,469
1944 29 29 #1,536
1943 42 42 #1,269
1942 33 33 #1,431
1941 23 23 #1,687
1940 28 28 #1,467
1939 48 48 #1,037
1938 36 36 #1,230
1937 37 37 #1,192
1936 41 41 #1,112
1935 37 37 #1,177
1934 26 26 #1,476
1933 22 22 #1,651
1932 40 40 #1,143
1931 26 26 #1,496
1930 26 26 #1,568
1929 20 20 #1,883
1928 27 27 #1,584
1927 28 28 #1,584
1926 19 19 #2,068
1925 24 24 #1,793
1924 27 27 #1,677
1923 23 23 #1,837
1922 19 19 #2,106
1921 14 14 #2,623
1920 10 10 #3,283
1919 16 16 #2,260
1917 11 11 #2,856
1916 14 14 #2,364
1915 6 6 #4,105
1914 6 6 #3,567